It's advantage St. Gallen so far with their 2nd position in the Super League table, welcoming Lugano who are placed 6th.
It's no vacation for neither St. Gallen nor Lugano as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
St. Gallen form and stats
When playing at home in the Super League, St. Gallen, who have the most scored goals (45) in Super League, have managed 6 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.
St. Gallen's last game was hosting Lugano (placed 6th) and winning 3-1. Before that game, the home loss against Zurich with the scoreline 1-3.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier St. Gallen matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats (from three games).
St. Gallen can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 23 times. On the other hand, St. Gallen have conceded 13 goals.
Lugano form and stats
The visitors are W4-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Super League.
Lugano play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to St. Gallen (placed 2nd). A draw for Lugano before that, at their own venue hosting Young Boys (0-0).
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Lugano playing away, we found one game. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 1 home win.
The travelling fans enjoy Lugano's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away. Lugano have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
St. Gallen - Lugano 3-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for St. Gallen, 1 draw and 5 wins for Lugano. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Quintillà Guasch 9 goals |  E. Demirović 9 goals |  C. Itten 8 goals |
St. Gallen missing players
Lugano missing players
| St. Gallen | Lugano | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 19 |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 45 | 23 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 19 |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 22 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 79% |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 63% |
| 84% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 70% | 47% |
| 58% | 70% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 21% |
| 32% | 30% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 79% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 42% |
| 16% | 30% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 37% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 42% |
| 5.8 | 6.6 | 9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 2.5 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 275 | 142 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 138 | 238 |
| 115 | 57 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 60 | 84 |
| 39% | 40% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 27% | 23% |
- Lugano has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9)
- Lugano has the fewest points from losing position (1)
- Lugano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Gallen has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
- St. Gallen has the most scored goals (45)
- St. Gallen has the most scored goals in the first half (20)
- St. Gallen have scored more than double the goals of Lugano.
- St. Gallen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Young Boys | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 41 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 38 |
| 3 | Basel | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 36 |
| 4 | Servette | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Zurich | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 30 |
| 6 | Lugano | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | -3 | 21 |
| 7 | Luzern | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 21 |
| 8 | Sion | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 21 |
| 9 | Neuchatel Xamax | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -13 | 14 |
| 10 | Thun | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -23 | 12 |